title: Effects of the tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate on peroxisomal activities and enzyme activities involved in lipid metabolism in rat liver.
abstract: The effects of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA) on hepatic lipids and key enzymes involved in esterification, hydrolysis and oxidation of long-chain fatty acids at increasing doses were investigated in rats. TPA administration tended to decrease the mitochondrial activities of palmitoyl-CoA synthetase and carnitine palmitoyltransferase. The microsomal palmitoyl-CoA synthetase activity was increased. TPA administration was also associated with a dose-dependent increase of glycerophosphate acyltransferase activity both in the mitochondrial and microsomal fractions in particular. The data are consistent with a decreased catabolism of long-chain fatty acids at the mitochondrial level, and an increased capacity for esterification of fatty acids in the microsomal fraction. Peroxisomal beta-oxidation was increased about 2-fold in the peroxisome-enriched fraction of TPA-treated rats while the catalase and urate oxidase activities were only marginally affected. TPA administration revealed elevated capacity for hydrolysis of palmitoyl-CoA and palmitoyl-L-carnitine in the microsomal fraction. Neither increased cytosolic palmitoyl-CoA hydrolase activity nor increased hydroxylation of lauric acid nor changes of the hepatic content of cytochrome P-450 isoenzymic forms were observed in the TPA-treated animals. There was no induction of the protein content of the bifunctional enoyl-CoA hydratase. Thus, TPA behaves more like choline-deficient diet and ethionine treatment than well-known peroxisome proliferators. It seems possible that TPA selectively stimulated the peroxisomal activities, i.e., peroxisomal beta-oxidation rather than evoking a peroxisome proliferation capacity.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aarsaether
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fosse
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aarsland
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Berge
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002273:Carcinogens; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D007249:Inflammation / Q000139:chemically induced; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008830:Microbodies / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D011506:Proteins; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate